Monday Index

Casinos in the state trim taxes by following a code loophole (Denver Post). Regulators close two Colorado banks (Denver Business Journal). The state uses a computer model to project future water needs (Chieftain). The fight over Colorado’s 4th District begins (Chieftain). The proposed “Over the River” art project gains support of Governor John Hickenlooper and the parks board (Canon City Daily Record).

In Colorado Springs, Braxton Technologies plans to move into the former Chase Bank building downtown (Colorado Springs Business Journal*). In Falcon D-49 less than half of the number of students needed to sign up for the rate-based bus service in order to break even have done so (Gazette). The El Paso Club has voted to keep memberships closed to women (Gazette, KOAA).

A new art exhibit in Rocky Ford focuses on land within the proposed Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (LaJunta Tribune Democrat). The Model post office will remain open, but postal carriers there will start working out of the Trinidad office (Trinidad Times-Independent).

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News

December 13, 2017 | NPR · Simon Bramhall has pleaded guilty to assault in a case that a prosecutor called “without legal precedent.” He was burning his initials into human livers during transplant operations.

December 13, 2017 | NPR · More than 90 percent of African-Americans voted for Doug Jones in Alabama’s special Senate election Tuesday and Jones had the support of 98 percent of black women, according to exit polling.

December 13, 2017 | NPR · The site — popular with independent musicians, writers and artists — allows fans to make small, repeated payments to creators. A change in the pay structure sent shock waves through the Internet.

Arts & Life

December 13, 2017 | NPR · A review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the latest in the intergalactic franchise. Fans are especially excited to see what happens to General Leia, played by Carrie Fisher, who died earlier this year.

December 13, 2017 | NPR · Immersive exhibits, such as “Infinity Mirrors” and Artechouse, are driving people to museums in search of the perfect snapshot. The craze is changing the way we experience art in the Instagram-era.

December 13, 2017 | NPR · NPR’s Robert Siegel talks with Gayla Peevey, who sang the original version of “I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas” in 1953. That song helped the Oklahoma City Zoo get its first hippo — and this past week, Peevey welcomed the zoo’s newest hippo addition.

December 13, 2017 | NPR · An interview with Morrissey, published by Der Spiegel in November, resulted in the singer being criticized over comments on Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, which he blamed on mischaracterization.